Warner Bros. TV and Fox are finally moving ahead with Lucifer, an small screen adaptation of the DC Comics Vertigo imprint which featured characters created by Neil Gaiman, Sam Kieth and Mike Dringenberg.
The comic book is being adapted by Californication creator Tom Kapinos, and the new deal will see Jerry Bruckheimer Television oversee the project, while Len Wiseman (Underworld, Total Recall) will direct the pilot episode and executive produce alongside Kapinos, Jerry Bruckheimer and Jonathan Littman.
The TV series centres on Lucifer who, bored and unhappy as the Lord of Hell, resigns his throne and abandons his kingdom for the gorgeous, shimmering insanity of Los Angeles, where he gets his kicks helping the LAPD punish criminals. That’s quite a bit different to the original plan for the DC Comics adaptation!
When it was first announced, it had no police procedural elements and instead featured Lucifer coming to LA to open an exclusive piano bar called Lux. It should be very interesting to see how this one develops.
Constantine (which to be fair was saddled with a terrible time slot on a Friday night) struggled to find an audience, so it remains to be seen whether or not another supernatural show like Lucifer will succeed.
